SCENTED FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scented fern mean? 

• SCENTED FERN (noun)
  The noun SCENTED FERN has 3 senses:

1. fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

2. sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

3. common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

  Familiarity information: SCENTED FERN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCENTED FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boulder fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; hay-scented fern; scented fern

Hypernyms ("scented fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("scented fern" is a member of...):

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia (chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mohria caffrorum; scented fern

Hypernyms ("scented fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("scented fern" is a member of...):

genus Mohria; Mohria (African terrestrial ferns)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

golden buttons; scented fern; Tanacetum vulgare; tansy

Hypernyms ("scented fern" is a kind of...):

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("scented fern" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)